On Feb 6, 2009, at 1:28 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>> So have you tried this at CalPoly? It sounds too good to be true :-)
Ha! They won't let my ideas anywhere *near* the intro curriculum; I'm
officially the 102 coordinator, but we have to teach in C and Java...
because that's what the EE majors want. Don't get me started.
To answer your question, then: no, this is all purely hypothetical.
I'm waiting for the day I can give it a try.
John
>> On Feb 6, 2009, at 4:12 PM, John Clements wrote:
>>>>> On Feb 5, 2009, at 6:23 PM, geb a wrote:
>>>>> So what kinds of exercises are you looking for?
>>>> Meta-constructivism!
>>>>>> That is, give the students the chance to design tools whose *use*
>> will help them learn. These can be "tight-loop" projects like self-
>> quizzers and grade predictors, or they can be "loose-loop" projects
>> like time management tools and to-do-list organizers. Either way,
>> the students are motivated to do a good job because they actually
>> want to use the thing itself in order to improve their performance
>> in this and other classes!
>>>> John
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